City Council — Regular Meeting, December 9, 2019

City Manager's Agenda (16)

• CMA 2019 #312Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of a donation from MIT to the Cambridge Youth Programs (CYP) in the amount of $500.00 to Grant Fund Human Service Programs Other Ordinary Maintenance account which will be used to purchase programming supplies for the Youth Centers
• CMA 2019 #313Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of a grant from the MassHire Metro North Workforce Board for $86,486.00 to the Grant Fund Human Service Programs Salary and Wages account ($51,892.00) and to the Grant Fund Human Service Programs Other Ordinary Maintenance account ($34,594.00) which will be used to reimburse the City for salary costs associated with enrolling income-eligible youth in the Mayor’s Summer Youth Employment Program and to support program costs for work sites taking large numbers of youth and developing worksites for youth participants
• CMA 2019 #314Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of MASSCAP Inc. funds in the amount of $4,757.15 to the Grant Fund Human Service Programs Other Ordinary Maintenance account which will be used to provide assistance to Cambridge and Somerville residents with natural gas heating bills
• CMA 2019 #315A communication transmitted from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the Final Landmark Designation Report for the EMF and Metropolitan Ice Co. buildings at 116 Brookline and 112 Pacific Streets📖 read 📄 PDF 📄 PDF
• CMA 2019 #316A communication transmitted from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the Final Landmark Designation Report for the George E. Bridges House at 74 Oxford Street/43 Wendell Street📖 read 📄 PDF 📄 PDF
• CMA 2019 #317A communication transmitted from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to Awaiting Report Item Number 19-109, regarding speed issues on Raymond Streettransit-traffic📖 read
• CMA 2019 #318Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of $200,000 from Free Cash to the General Fund Law Department Travel and Training (Judgment and Damages) account to cover current and future disbursements that must be paid from this account
• CMA 2019 #319A communication transmitted from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the Surveillance Use Policy and related documentslaborpolice-safety📖 read 📄 PDF 📄 PDF 📖 read 📄 PDF 📄 PDF 📄 PDF 📄 PDF 📄 PDF 📄 PDF
• CMA 2019 #320A communication transmitted from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to new appointments and reappointments of the following person as a member of the Transit Advisory Committee for a term of 2-years, effective December 9, 2019: Matthew Coogan, Jackie Jones, Bill McAvinney, Margaret McKenna, Sylvia Parsons, John Attanucci, Joseph Beggan, Kelley Brown, Devin Chaussee, Jim Gascoigne, Kristiana Lachiusa, Katherine Rafferty, Rob Ricchi, Arthur Strang, Saul Tannenbaum, Alexander M. Taylor and Melissa Zampitellatransit-traffic
• CMA 2019 #321A communication transmitted from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to a Planning Board recommendation to adopt the Alexandria Grand Junction Overlay District Zoning Petitionzoning📖 read
• CMA 2019 #322A communication transmitted from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to a Planning Board recommendation to adopt with modifications, the Harvard Square Overlay District Zoning Petitionzoning📖 read
• CMA 2019 #323A communication transmitted from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to a communication from the Planning Board with no recommendation on the Shared Mobility Zoning Petitionzoning📖 read
• CMA 2019 #324A communication transmitted from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to zoning language as requested by the Ordinance committee in connection with the CambridgeSide PUD-8 Zoning Petitionlaborschoolszoning📖 read
• CMA 2019 #325A communication transmitted from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to supplemental information in response to an Ordinance Committee request on the Green Buildings Requirements Zoning Petitionclimatezoning📖 read
• CMA 2019 #326A communication transmitted from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to Awaiting Report Item Number 19-21, regarding a report on Affordable Homeownership Programsaffordable-housinghousing-general📖 read
• CMA 2019 #327A communication transmitted from City Manager Louis A. DePasquale and Assistant City Manager Community Development Iram Farooq, relative to the Incentive Zoning Nexus and Jobs Linkage Studyaffordable-housinghousing-generaltenants-rentzoning📖 read

Communications (11)

11 resident communications received for this meeting — zoning (2) · police safety (1) · climate (1) · trees (1). Individual letters are summarized in the city's agenda and are not republished here, by policy.

Policy Orders (5)

• POR 2019 #380Cancel Regular City Council Meeting Monday December 23, 2019
• POR 2019 #381That the City Manager is requested to provide updated data on enforcement of the city’s short term rental regulations, including (but not limited to) the number of units that have registered with the city, the number of applications that have been rejected, the number of inspections that have been undertaken by the Inspectional Services Department, and the total number of units listed on various short term rental websites including Airbnb
• POR 2019 #382That the City Manager be and is hereby requested to include a discussion of what Cambridge’s community wide average annual emissions goals should be as part of the 5-year Net Zero Action Plan review that will be conducted in 2020climate
• POR 2019 #383That the City Manager be and hereby is requested to provide a summary report of the Envision goals for consideration by the City Council
• POR 2019 #384That the City Manager is hereby requested to work with any and all appropriate departments to locate an area in East Cambridge, preferably near the current location, to set up a temporary, fenced-in dog park until construction on a new permanent dog park can be built as part of the Tim Toomey Jr. Park project

Resolutions (45)

• RES 2019 #391Retirement of Robert Bruno from the Fire Department
• RES 2019 #392Retirement of Daniel Mahoney from the Fire Department
• RES 2019 #393Retirement of John Shinkwin from the Fire Department
• RES 2019 #394Retirement of Steven DeMarco from the Police Departmentpolice-safety
• RES 2019 #395Retirement of Ellen Pridham from the Cambridge Health Alliance
• RES 2019 #396Retirement of Alice Kaminsky from the Cambridge Health Alliance
• RES 2019 #397Retirement of Jay Toppan from the Cambridge Health Alliance
• RES 2019 #398Retirement of Maureen Colton from the Cambridge Health Alliance
• RES 2019 #399Retirement of Laila Methratta from the Cambridge Health Alliance
• RES 2019 #400Retirement of Marie Girault from the Cambridge Health Alliance
• RES 2019 #401Retirement of Janet Lehrberg from the Cambridge Health Alliance
• RES 2019 #402Retirement of Laurie Diminico from the Cambridge Health Alliance
• RES 2019 #403Retirement of Queenie Richardson from the Cambridge Health Alliance
• RES 2019 #404Retirement of Paul MacKinnon from the Cambridge Health Alliance
• RES 2019 #405Retirement of Donna Collins Dacruz from the Cambridge Health Alliance
• RES 2019 #406Retirement of Linda Fournier from the Cambridge Health Alliance
• RES 2019 #407Retirement of Donna Clark from the Cambridge Health Alliance
• RES 2019 #408Retirement of Betty Munson from the Cambridge Health Alliance
• RES 2019 #409Retirement of Andrea Rogers from the Cambridge Health Alliance
• RES 2019 #410Retirement of Deborah Woods from the Cambridge Health Alliance
• RES 2019 #411Retirement of Joao Tavares from the Cambridge Health Alliance
• RES 2019 #412Retirement of Maude Seme from the Cambridge Health Alliance
• RES 2019 #413Retirement of Janice Lulu from the Cambridge Health Alliance
• RES 2019 #414Retirement of Angela Radan from the Cambridge Health Alliance
• RES 2019 #415Retirement of Marilou Cummings from the Cambridge Health Alliance
• RES 2019 #416Retirement of James Mahoney from the Cambridge Health Alliance
• RES 2019 #417Retirement of Sue Lombardi from the Cambridge Health Alliance
• RES 2019 #418Retirement of Michele Klau from the Cambridge Health Alliance
• RES 2019 #419Retirement of Celeste Lima from the Cambridge Health Alliance
• RES 2019 #420Retirement of Lynn Levecque from the Cambridge Health Alliance
• RES 2019 #421Resolution on the death of Maria Conceicao Travassos
• RES 2019 #422Resolution on the death of Alvin Goldfield
• RES 2019 #423Resolution on the death of Charles "Charlie" Davidson
• RES 2019 #424Resolution on the death of Constance "Connie" Christo
• RES 2019 #425Retirement of Mary Choppa from the Cambridge Health Alliance
• RES 2019 #426Retirement of Lisa Foley from the Cambridge Health Alliance
• RES 2019 #427Retirement of Jennifer Lavery from the Cambridge Health Alliance
• RES 2019 #428Retirement of Karen Scalisi from the Cambridge Health Alliance
• RES 2019 #429Retirement of Emma Celestin from the Cambridge Health Alliance
• RES 2019 #430Happy Birthday wishes to Councillor Alanna Mallon
• RES 2019 #431Resolution on the death of Joanna Herlihy
• RES 2019 #432Furnishing Hope of Massachusetts, Inc., a non-profit organization located in Harvard Square, recently marked an impressive milestone in having served 1,000 adults and children
• RES 2019 #433Resolution on the death of Mary Lou Vigilante
• RES 2019 #434Retirement of Dr. Shibly Malouf
• RES 2019 #435Resolution on the Death of Wyllis "Bill" Bibbins

Other Business (11)

• AR-19-157Report on providing an update of when the public Police Dashboard will be fully operationalpolice-safety
• AR-19-158Report on allocating the necessary funds to maintain the existing staffing levels and operating hours at the O’Connell Branch Library
• AR-19-159Report on ways to review safety and devise any safety interventions at the corner of Saville Street and Walden Street

• a report from Councillor Quinton Zondervan, Co-Chair and Councillor Dennis J. Carlone, Co-Chair of the Neighborhood and Long Term Planning, Public Facilities, Arts and Celebration Committee, for a public hearing held on October 23, 2019 to discuss tracking of the City’s emissions and identifying key indicators that would give a sense of where the City is going 📖 read
• a report from Councillor Quinton Zondervan, Co-Chair and Councillor Dennis J. Carlone, Co-Chair of the Neighborhood and Long Term Planning, Public Facilities, Arts and Celebration Committee, for a public hearing held on November 13. 2019 to discuss the final Envision Report 📖 read
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• a communication from John Twohig, Representative for Cambridgeside Galleria Associates Trust regarding the revised Commitment Letter for Proposed PUD-8 District 📖 read 📄 PDF
• a memorandum from Councillor Mallon, regarding the Tobin Montessoru/VLUS building proposals 📖 read
• CRT 2019 #79 — A report from Vice Mayor Jan Devereux, Chair and Councillor Quinton Zondervan, Chair of the Health and Environment Committee for a public hearing held on November 12, 2019 at 5PM to discuss the findings of the Urban Forest Master Plan task force [trees]
• CRT 2019 #81 — A report from Councillor Dennis J. Carlone Co-Chair of the Ordinance Committee, for a public hearing held on November 26, 2019 to discuss an amendment to article 19 of the zoning ordinance [zoning]
• CRT 2019 #82 — A report from Councillor Craig Kelley, Chair of the Public Safety Committee, for a public hearing held on December 3, 2019 to discuss an amendment to the Surveillance Ordinance [police-safety]

Committee Reports (5)

• Health & Environment Committee hearing of 2019-11-12 — Report Accepted And Placed On [Unanimous]
• Neighborhood & Long Term Planning Committee hearing of 2019-10-23 — Report Accepted And Placed On [Unanimous]
• Ordinance Committee hearing of 2019-11-26 — Report Accepted And Placed On [Unanimous]
• Public Safety Committee hearing of 2019-12-03 — Report Accepted And Placed On [Unanimous]
• Neighborhood & Long Term Planning Committee hearing of (unknown date) — Report Accepted And Placed On [Unanimous]